Notes

Margaret Ferrars was the daughter of Sir Edmund Ferrars.1 She
married Sir John Beauchamp, 1st Baron Beauchamp of Powick, son
of Sir William Beauchamp and Catherine Usflete, before 1434.1
She died after 29 January 1487.1
Through her marriage, Margaret Ferrars gained the title of
Baroness Beauchamp of Powick on 2 May 1447. Her last will was
dated 29 January 1487.1

Notes

"James Strother lived in King George Co, VA; in 1733 was deputy
under Benjamin Strother, sheriff; in 1741 was sheriff and
justice; in 1742 was appointed collector, and in 1747 inspector
at Falmouth (then in King George). Later he removed to Culpeper,
where he d. intestate in 1761, leaving a large personal estate,
divided between his children by William Green and Nathaniel
Pendleton; his real property passing to his eldest son, Francis
(French, cp.) Strother. He m. Margaret, dau of Daniel French (d.
1736), of King George Co., and Margaret his wife, who was dau of
John Pratt and Margaret his wife, of King George. Daniel French
belonged to the prominent family of that name of Roscommon Co.,
Ireland.
Children:
(1) French Strother
(2) James
(3) Mary
(Owen, William Strother of VA, 1898, p. 16).

1740 DEED: Orange Co, VA, DB 4-370, Power of Attorney of Charles
Carter, Esq, executed 20 Nov 1740 and recorded 26 Mar 1741,
leases for lives to Francis Strother, James Strother and others
from a tract on Mountain Run, known as Mount Pony, in Orange Co.

1761 WILL: Culpeper Co, VA, Inventory, dead on 16 Dec 1761, left
children French, James and Mary who married George Gray. Slaves
divided in WB A-291 returned on 22 Oct 1762."

Notes

son of William Wood d. 1706 in Stafford Co. VA. "On November 1,
1771 Dickerson Wood took a standard lease for 100 acres from
Lord Fairfax, the Baron of Cameron in Scotland. The lease called
for Dickerson Wood to build "or cause to be built a good and
sufficient dwelling house" and plant 150 "good apple trees at
fifty feet distance in regular order." Dickerson Wood was to pay
20 shillings sterling on Christmas Day of each year. His eldest
child, Mary was named as successor to the lease. The leases
signed around 1771 appear to be an effort to open that area of
Virginia to the yeoman planter and put large proprietary grants
to productive use. Dickerson Wood--and many like him--seem to
have been drawn to the opportunity. The proximity to the
Rappahannock River was of interest because it provided a natural
transportation means to Falmouth/Fredericksburg, and the markets
they provided, to trade tobacco and other goods. The Northern
portion of the Rappahannock River above the fork with the
Rapidann River was then called the Hedgeman River, apparently
in honor of Peter Hedgeman, a mill operator."

"DICKERSON WOOD's WILL was dated January 23, 1803: (Source:
Certified copy from the Circuit Court Clerk, Will Book #, page
441, Fauquier County, VA):
"In the name of God. Amen. I Dickerson Wood of Fauquier County
and desires this to be my last will and testament. First. I give
and bequeath to Mary, my dearly beloved wife all and everything
I possess during her life excepting one Negroe girl by the name
of Poll and she to go to my oldest son Dickerson Wood, and he is
to pay the annual rent for the lone use of said gairl and allso
there is fore negro boys by the name of Jarry, Pomfry, Peter and
Jeffery, is to be equally divided with my fore sons Dickerson
Wood, William Wood, Elijah Wood, and James Wood as singlar from
the rest of my other property and if one or all of these negro
boys should die to be made good of my other property and at the
death of Mary my wife all my lands movely estate to be equily
divided amng all my children both sons and daughters."

Witnes present /s/Dickerson Wood L.S.
Leonard Smoot (ma?head)
Lewis Jones January 23, 1803
Enock T. Smoot"
The will was probated and Dickerson Wood's wife, Mary, was named
administratrix of the estate at a court hearing in Fauquier
County the 25th day of July 1803.

"This Will was proved by the oaths of Leonard Smoot, Lewis Jones
and Enoch Smoot witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded,
and on the motion of Mary Wood who made oath and together with
William Grimsley, John Edwards and William Wood her securities
entered into and acknowledged bond in penalty of five thousand
dollars conditioned as the law directs/ Certificate is granted
her for obtaining letters of administration with the will
annexed."
/s/ (illegible
The estate of Dickerson Wood was appraised by John Gaunt,
Francis Payne and William Grimsley. Amt. L649: 19: 0. The
appraisal was returned to the court on the 26th of September
1803."

1772 Deed Book 5, page 45, Fauquier County, Virginia also has
the following: "...1 Nov. 17__ Btwn Lord Fairfax, one part, and
DICKERSON WOOD, County of Fauquier, other part. Land in Fauquier
Co. lying in Manor of Leeds...beginning at corner of Smoot's and
Hoppins...during natural life of Dickerson Wood, Mary, his wife,
and Mary Wood, daughter, and every of them living
longest...yearly rent 20 sh: sterling. Wit: John Chilton, John
Pepper, Thomas Keith. Recorded: 5th May 1772." (Source:
Wood-Woods Exchange, January 1958, Vol. 8.)
The daughters could be Ann, Mary, Elizabeth, and Isabella.

1803 January 23: The Will of Dickerson Wood [1740-1740/1803],
was executed (Fauquier County, Virginia Will Book 3, p. 441). It
reads:

In the name of God. Amen. I, Dickerson Wood of Fauquier County
and desires (sic) this to be my last will and testament.

First. I give and bequeath to Mary, my dearly beloved wife all
and everything I possess during her life excepting one Negroe
girl by the name of Poll and she to go to my oldest son
Dickerson Wood, and he is to pay the annual rent for the lone
yuse of said gairl and allso there is fore negro boys by the
name of Jarry, Pomfry, Peter and Jeffery, is to be equally
divided with my fore sons Dickerson Wood, William Wood, Elijah
Wood, and James Wood as singlar from the rest of my other
property and if one or all of these negro boys should die to be
made good of my other property and at the death of Mary my wife
all my lands movely estate to be equily divided amng all my
children both sons and daughters. /s/Dickerson Wood L. S.

Notice that the Will refers to "fore" (four) sons of Dickerson,
Sr.. He names them: Dickerson, William, Elijah and James. Note
also he wanted his estate equally divided among "all my children
both sons and daughters." So, he must have had more than one
daughter in addition to the sons, although he does not name the
daughters. The daughters could be Ann, Mary, Elizabeth, and
Isabella.

1803 July 25: The Fauquier County, Virginia Court admitted the
Will of Dickerson Wood I [1740/1747-1803] to probate and granted
his widow, Mary Wood, Letters of Administration to administer
the Will. ("Wood-Woods Exchange,", a Quarterly Devoted to
Southern Wood and Woods Families, Volume Eight, January 1958,
Number 1, page 16.)

The Court record reads:

"This Will was proved by the oaths of Leonard Smoot, Lewis Jones
and Enoch Smoot witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded,
and on the motion of Mary Wood who made oath and together with
William Grimsley, John Edwards and William Wood her securities
entered into and acknowledged bond in penalty of five thousand
dollars conditioned as the law directs. Certificate is granted
her for obtaining letters of administration with the will
annexed." /s/(illegible)"

Donald A. Clark of Lexington, Kentucky, points out that the
probate estate of Dickerson Wood I [1740/1747-1803] was unusual
because there was no real estate included. Out of the total
estate appraisal over one-half of the value of the estate was in
slaves. There was $641 in household goods, etc., while three
slaves reported were valued at $750. The slaves were Lizza,
Mariah and Jerry. The slave named Poll was originally given to
Dickerson Wood [1773-1799/1864] when Dickerson Wood
[1740/1747-1803] died.

1803 September 26: The estate of Dickerson Wood was appraised by
John Gaunt, Francis Payne and William Grimsley and returned to
the court.

1816 May 15: William Wood II, and his wife Nancy Corley Wood,
joined many others leaving Virginia for Carrollton, Kentucky by
flatboat on the Ohio River. Fauquier County Virginia Deed Book
3: pages 41-45).

One of the neighbors of Dickerson Wood was Richard Corley
(father of Acquilla Corley) who was drawn to the Manor of Leeds
apparently by the same inducement. Corley lived one and one-half
miles above Dickerson Wood at the junction of the Hedgeman River
and Buck Run Creek."
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1817 May 15: William Wood II [1771/1773-1819], along with his
Negro slave, Poll, arrived in Henry County, Kentucky.
1817 June 2: William Wood II [1771/1773-1819] swore to the
Justice of Peace that the Negro slave, "Poll," he brought to
Henry County Kentucky on May 15, 1816 was strictly for his own
use and not for traffic or merchandise. he arrived in Henry
County, Kentucky on May 15, 1817 bringing with him a Negro slave
named Poll. (Deed Book 6, page 176.)

"1819 September 19: William Wood II [1771/1773-1819] died in
Henry County, Kentucky within three years after moving to Henry
County, Kentucky. The cause of his death is not known. One
theory was that he may have died of the same illness that killed
his slaves several years later. They may have been tubercular--a
common problem of the time. Malaria was also a problem and the
reason many did not settle in the Carrollton area of then
Gallatin County, Kentucky.
1819 October 14: The estate of William Wood II [1771/1773-1819]
was appraised by Robert Webb, Lawrence Sandford and Daniel
Sandford for the probate court of Henry County, Kentucky. The
appraisement was filed in the probate court's Will Book 2, at
pages 451-452. The estate was unusual in that there was no known
real estate. Out of the total appraisement over half of the
value was in slaves. There was $641 in household goods, etc.,
while the three slaves reported were valued at $750. They were
Lizza, Mariah, and Jerry. Poll is presumed to be the fourth of
four slaves. She was originally given to William's brother,
Dickerson, Jr., in 1803 when their father, Dickerson, Sr. died.
(Fauquier County, Virginia Will Book 3, p. 441). Poll may have
died the same time as William."